Drawer pull



June 29, 1965 W. D. WATT, JR

DRAWER PULL Filed Nov. 26, 1963 ""q f f INVENTOR. Vl ////0m Day/e l l a/f J:

AT TORN E f United States Patent 3,191,215 DRAlWER PULL William Doyle Watt, Jr., Grand Rapids, MlCh-, aSSlgl10l to Keeler Brass Company, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Filed Nov. 26, 1963, Ser. No. 326,052 8 Claims. (Cl. 16-126) This invention relates to drawer pulls and the like. The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a drawer pull or the like which may bequickly mounted on a drawer or other part to be manipulated, the supporting member and the handle member being retained in their assembled relation when the supporting member is in mounted position.

Second, to provide a structure having these advantages which permits a very wide variation in handle member designs.

Third, to provide a drawer pull or the like having these advantages which is attractive in appearance and may be economically produced.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims. A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary view of a front portion of a drawer or the like with the drawer pull of my invention attached thereto.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on a line corresponding to line 22 of FIG. 1, the attaching screw being shown in full lines.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the drawer pull, the handle being partially broken away.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view with the attaching screw shown in FIG. 3 being omitted.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the embodiment of my invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 1 represents the front of a drawer or other support to Which a structure embodying my invention is attached.

It will be understood that my invention is especially designed and largely used in the manner of so-called drawer pulls but that it might be used as a handle for manipulating some other part.

The drawer member 1 is provided with a bore 2. The supporting and coupling member of my invention desighated generally by the numeral 3 comprises a head member 4 having an inwardly and downwardly facing slot 5 therein adapted to receive the journal 6 of a handle 7. The supporting and coupling member has an integral tubular stud portion 8 disposed within the bore 2 and internally threaded to receive the attaching screw it. The head member of the coupling is provided with a support engaging shoulder 10 which is clamped on the outer side of the drawer or the like as is illustrated in FIG. 2.

The end 11 of the supporting and coupling member on the portion 12 abuts against the side of the member 1 and is desirably provided with a prong 13 which is embedded in the support member 1 and prevents rotative movement of the supporting and coupling member on the part 8 thereof disposed in the bore 2. The portion of the head member below the slot has laterally projecting stops 14 with which the handle is supportedly engaged when it is in its released depending position as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3. This prevents the handle from contacting the face of the drawer when the handle is dropped to non-use position and facilitates grasping. It avoids the necessity of providing the handle with stops, as has been quite general practice, and it materially reduces the cost of production of the handles and the packaging thereof.

It should be borne in mind that the handle illustrated is conventional in design but that in practice varies greatly in design-that primarily for ornamental purposes-and the applicants mounting feature is adapted to receive handles greatly varying in design, the only requirement being that the journal portion is such that it may be inserted through the slot in the head portion. The handle is held in spaced relation to the surface of the member on which the handle is mounted as is illustrated in FIG. 2 and may be readily grasped and swung out to use pos1- tion, as is indicated by dotted lines in FIG. 2, and when released swings downwardly into supported engagement with the stops 14.

The outer end or face of the head member is desirably spherically curved as is illustrated so that there are no irregular or projecting parts with which the hand of the user could become engaged.

Another advantage of applicants invention is that the parts may be very economically produced and no bending or machine work is required to connect the handle in use position to the supporting and coupling member.

In assembling, the head portion of the supporting and coupling member may be grasped and slipped over the journal of the handle and then swung to the position indicated in the drawing in which the parts are in effect in interlocking position, thus facilitating the mounting thereof.

I have illustrated and described my invention in a practical embodiment thereof. I have not attempted to illustrate variations in design but, as stated, one of the advantages of the embodiment of this invention is that handles of widely varying design may be assembled with supporting and coupling members of the same design.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A drawer pull comprising an annular handle having a journal, a unitary supporting and coupling member including a head member having a spherically curved outer surface and having an inwardly and downwardly opening slot therein adapted to receive the journal of said handle, there being a bearing for said journal at the outer end of said slot, said coupling member including an inwardly projecting tubular stud adapted to be inserted in a bore of a drawer and being internally threaded to receive an attaching screw, there being a support engaging shoulder at the outer end of said stud, the portion of said head member below said slot having a support engaging abutment and a support engaging brad projecting from said abutment, the portion of said head member below said slot having laterally projecting stops with which a portion of said handle adjacent said journal is in supported engagement when the handle is in depending position thereby preventing the handle engaging a surface to which the pull is attached and facilitating the grasping of the handle, the outer end or face of said head member being curved.

2. A drawer pull comprising a handle having a journal, a unitary supporting and coupling member including a head member having a spherically curved outer surface and having an inwardly opening slot therein adapted to receive the journal of said handle, there being a bearing for said journal at the outer end of said slot, said coupling member including an inwardly projecting tubular stud adapted to be inserted in a bore of a drawer and being internally threaded to receive an attaching screw, there being a support engaging shoulder at the outer end of said stud, the portion of said head member below said slot having a support engaging abutment and a support engaging brad projecting from said abutment, the portion of said head member below said slot having laterally projecting stops with which a portion of said handle adjacent said journal is in supported engagement when the handle is in depending position thereby preventing the handle engaging'a surface to which the pull" is attached, I

and facilitating the grasping of the handle. I

3. A drawer pull comprising a handle having a headmember having 'a sph erically curved outer surface and having an inwardly opening slot thereinadapt ed to receive the journal of said handle, therev being abearing for said journal: at the outer end of said slot, saidl cou:

pling member including an'inwardly projecting tubular stud adapted to be inserted ina bore of .a drawer and, beinginternally threaded to, receive an attaching screw;

7 the portion of said head memberbelow said slothaving a support engaging abutment and a support engaging j' brad projecting from said ab'utmenhthe portion of said i gaging a surface to which the pull is attached and facilitat- 1; i

ing the grasping of thehandle.

4. A drawer pull comprising a handlelhaving a jour nal, aunitarysupporting and'coupling member including a jour nal, a unitary supporting and coupling member including 7 a head member having a spherically curved outer surface and having an inwardly opening slot therein adapted to 1;;

receive the journal of said handle, there being abearing;

for said journal at theouter end 'ofsaid slot, said cou-' pling .member'including an inwardly projecting tubular stud adapted to be inserted in ta bore of a drawer and being internally threaded to receive an attaching screw, therebeingasupport engaging shoulder at the outer end of said stud, the portion of said head member below said of said head member below' said slothaving a stop with which a portion of said handle adjacent said journal is in supported engagement Whenrthe handleis in depending position thereby preventing the handle engaging a sur face to which the pull is attached and'facilitating the, i

' receive the journal of said handle, there being a'bearing for said journal at the outer end of said slot,said;coupling member including an-inwardly projecting tubular stud adapted to bei'inserted a bore of a drawer and being internally threaded to receive an attaching screw,

handle having a gjour 1": 40

' slot-having a support engaging abutment,vthe portion;

' a handle having a joura head memberhaving a spherically curved outer surface and having an inwardly opening slot therein adapted to receive 'the'journal of said handle, there being a'bearing for, said journal at the outer end of said slot, said coupling member including an inwardly projecting tubular stud adapted to be inserted in a boreof a drawer and being'internally threaded to receive an attaching screw, the portion of said'head m'emberbelow said slot having a support engaging "abutment, the portion of said head member below said slot having ajs'to'p with, which said handle adjacent, said journal is in supported engagement when "the, handle, is in depending position thereby preventing the handle engaging asurfiace to which the pull is'att'ached and facilitating the-grasping of the handle.

A;drawer pullv comprisin'ga handle having a jourrnal, a unitarysupport'and a coupling member including a head member having a spherically curved outer surface and haying aninwardly opening slot adapted to'receive the journal of said handle, there being'a'bearing forsaid journalat'the outer'end of saidsl'oti said coupling membehincluding an inwardly projecting attaching "portion adapted to be inserted in the borelof-a drawer or the like,

the portion ofsaid head memberat the outer side of said .slot having a supportrengagingabutment and a support engaging jbrad' projecting from' said abutment, said head member having laterally projecting stops with which said handle engages when thehandle isinvreleasing position therebypreventin'g th'ehandle fromengaging a surface to which the. pull is attached and facilitating the grasping of the handle. i i

8; -A drawer pull comprising'a handle having a jourv-nal, a support and coupling member including a head member having a spherically curvedoutersurface and having an inwardly'opening slot adapted toreceive the journal'of said handle, "there'being a'gbearing for said journalfatitheout'er end of said slot, said coupling member including an inwardly projecting attaching portion adapted to be inserted in thebore of a drawer-or the like,

the portionof said head member at the outer side of said slot having a" support engaging abutment, said head member havinga stop' with which said handle engages when the handle is in releasing position thereby preventing the theportion of said head member below said slot having a support engaging abutment, the portion 'of' said head I i I p 1,622,735 3/27 'Noelting et a1. l6i126 member below said slot having a stop with which a pori tion of said handle adjacent said journal is in supported engagement when the handle is in dependingposition thereby preventing the handle engaging a surface to which the pull'is attached and f cilit the, grasping ofith handle, 7 a I handl'e from engaginga'surface to which the pull is attached and facilitating the grasping 0f the'handle.

' References Cited by the Examiner U iTED' STATES PATENTS 11,772', 371 8/30 Specht f16- 127 2,177,554 10/39 Stiff 16126 X .DoNL Y isrocKiNqrri bi y xami e 

1. A DRAWER PULL COMPRISING AN ANNULAR HANDLE HAVING A JOURNAL, A UNITARY SUPPORTING AND COUPLING MEMBER INCLUDING A HEAD MEMBER HAVING A SPHERICALLY CURVED OUTER SURFACE AND HAVING AN INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY OPENING SLOT THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE JOURNAL OF SAID HANDLE, THERE BEING A BEARING FOR SAID JOURNAL AT THE OUTER END OF SAID SLOT, SAID COUPLING MEMBER INCLUDING AN INWARDLY PROJECTING TUBULAR STUD ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED IN A BORE OF A DRAWER AND BEING INTERNALLY THREADED TO RECEIVE AN ATTACHING SCREW, THERE BEING A SUPPORT ENGAGING SHOULDER AT THE OUTER END OF SAID STUD, THE PORTION OF SAID HEAD MEMBER BELOW SAID SLOT HAVING A SUPPORT ENGAGING ABUTMENT AND A SUPPORT ENGAGING BRAD PROJECTING FROM SAID ABUTMENT, THE PORTION OF SAID HEAD MEMBER BELOW SAID SLOT HAVING LATERALLY PROJECTING STOPS WITH WHICH A PORTION OF SAID HANDLE ADJACENT SAID JOURNAL IS IN SUPPORTED ENGAGEMENT WHEN THE HANDLE IS IN DEPENDING POSITION THEREBY PREVENTING THE HANDLE ENGAGING A SURFACE TO WHICH THE PULL IS ATTACHED AND FACILITATING THE GRASPING OF THE HANDLE, THE OUTER END OR FACE OF SAID HEAD MEMBER BEING CURVED. 